![thomas blanchard and his lathe - Springfield Armory National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) thomas blanchard and his lathe - Springfield Armory National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)](https://www.nps.gov/spar/learn/historyculture/images/Blanchard-Lathe_JLangone_edit_1.jpg?maxwidth=650&autorotate=false)
thomas blanchard and his lathe - Springfield Armory National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
Takisawa - When was the first lathe made? The origin of turning dates to around 1300 BCE when the Ancient Egyptians first developed a two-person lathe. One person would turn the wood
![Mortising machine made by Henry Maudslay (1771-1831), the English engineer who invented the metal lathe. This example was one of the earliest machine ... - SuperStock Mortising machine made by Henry Maudslay (1771-1831), the English engineer who invented the metal lathe. This example was one of the earliest machine ... - SuperStock](https://www.superstock.com/cdn/1895/Comp/1895-6325.webp)